MESSIAS
(anointed), the Greek form of Messiah. (John 1:41; 4:25)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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METALS
The Hebrews, in common with other ancient nations, were acquainted with nearly all the metals known to modern metallurgy, whether as the products of their own soil or the result...
METHEGAMMAH
(bridle of the metropolis), a place which David took from the Philistines, apparently in his last war with them. (2 Samuel 8:1) Ammah may be taken as meaning "mother-city" or "m...
METHUSAEL
(man of God), the son of Mehujael, fourth in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 4:18)
METHUSELAH
(man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 5:25-27)
MEUNIM
(habitations). (Nehemiah 7:52) Elsewhere given in Authorized Version as Mehunim and Mehunims.
MEUZAI
(Ezekiel 27:19) marg. [UZAL]
MEZAHAB
(waters of gold), the father of Matred and grandfather of Mehetabel, who was wife of Hadar or Hadad, the last-named king of Edom. (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50)
MIAMIN
(from the right hand).A layman of Israel who had married a foreign wife and put her away at the bidding of Ezra. (Ezra 10:25)A priest or family of priests who went up from Babyl...
MIBHAR
(choicest), one of David’s heroes in the list given in (1 Chronicles 11:38)
MIBSAM
(sweet odor).A son of Ishmael. (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29)A son of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:25)
MIBZAR
(fortress), one of the "dukes" of Edom. (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53)
MICAH
(who is like God?), the same name as Micaiah. [MICAIAH]An Israelite whose familiar story is preserved in the 17th and 18th chapters of Judges. Micah is evidently a devout believ...
MICAH, THE BOOK OF
Three sections of this work represent three natural divisions of the prophecy --1, 2; 3-5; 6,7 --each commencing with rebukes and threatening and closing with a promise. The fir...
MICAIAH
(who is like God?). Micahiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet of Samaria, who in the last year of the reign of Ahab king of Israel predicted his defeat and death, B.C. 897. (1 K...
MICHA
(who is like God?).The son of Mephibosheth. (2 Samuel 9:12)A Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:11)The father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and desce...
MICHAEL
(who is like God?).An Asherite, father of Sethur, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:13)One of the Gadites who settled in the land of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:13)Another Gadite...
MICHAH
(who is like God?), eldest son of Uzziel the son of Kohath, (1 Chronicles 24:24,25) elsewhere, (1 Chronicles 23:20) called MICAH.
MICHAIAH
(who is like God?).Same as MICAH 6. (2 Chronicles 34:25)Same as MICHA 3. (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 12:35)One of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehem...
MICHAL
(who is like God?), the younger of Saul’s two daughters, (1 Samuel 14:49) who married David. The price fixed on Michal’s hand was no less than the slaughter of a hundred Philist...
MICHMAS OR MICHMASH
(hidden), a town which is known to us almost solely by its connection with the Philistine war of Saul and Jonathan. (1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 14:1)... It has been identified with...
MICHMETHAH
(hiding-place), a place which formed one of the landmarks of the boundary of the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh on the western side of Jordan. (Joshua 17:7) The position of...
MICHRI
(worthy of price), ancestor of Elah, one of the heads of the fathers of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
MICHTAM
(golden psalm). This word occurs in the titles of six psalms (16,56-60), all of which are ascribed to David. The marginal reading of our Authorized Version is "a golden psalm," ...
MIDDIN
(measures), a city of Judah, (Joshua 15:61) one of the six specified as situated in the district of "the midbar" (Authorized Version "wilderness").
MIDIAN
(strife), a son of Abraham and Keturah, (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32) progenitor of the Midianites, or Arabians dwelling principally in the desert north of the peninsula of ...
MIGDALEL
(tower of God), one of the fortified towns of the possession of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:38) only, possibly deriving its name from some ancient tower --the "tower of El," or God.